Hei-tiki pendant
nephrite jade with red sealing wax
19th century CE
Maori culture
NewZealand

#handmade #maori #culture #carved #nephrite #jade #pounamu #newzealand #Aotearoa #landofthelongwhitecloud #indigenous #native #tribal #oceanic #art #oceanicart #maoriart #maoriculture #tribalart #heitiki

Historian's fancy, or widely used name? The battle over Aotearoa More and more of us call New Zealand Aotearoa, but some are unhappy.

#NZ has always been known as #Aotearoa -by Gov George Grey, & settlers since the 1840’s at least, & #Māori since Kupe. I’m proud of it! #nzpol #TeReo
Winston is way past his use-by date, & his party is putting #NZLast
#LandOfTheLongWhiteCloud

www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...

Safely back home… #aotearoa #landofthelongwhitecloud #andlongblackcoffee

#Aotearoa Living up to its name #LandOfTheLongWhiteCloud #EasternCape #NewZealand